Finance, Food, Fitness
Let me save everyone sometime. The French Room is awesome, and I think most people would enjoy dinner there, as long as they were willing to try something different. There is no need to pretend, the wait staff is very friendly and rather laid back, and the menu consists of mostly thing that [...]
My wife is gluten intolerant, and in a rare attempt to be nice, I made gluten free veal marsala.
Veal marsala is a fairly simple dish. Given some veal cutlets from the butcher, first season and flour the cutlets and sauté for one to two minutes per side. Remove the cutlets from the pan, [...]
First, two things about Pinot Noir.
I drink Pinot as much as for the after taste, as for the taste of the wine itself. What I am looking for in a Pinot Noir is a mineraly taste, that is nice a clean on the tongue. But afterwards, I am looking for a [...]
I just started reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. This is one of those books that makes me reflect upon myself and ask why am I here, which is sorta the reason the book was written. I read a lot, and I read fast, but with this book, I read maybe too [...]
First, assume that the student in question is a traditional student who will graduate with little or no relevant work experience and plans to work for an employer after graduating. With this assumption, GPA matters to a student. A student should focus serious effort on achieving the highest possible GPA. Not only [...]
In the spring 2007 semester, I completed 19 hours at UTD while working full time, bringing me within two classes of graduation. This summer, unless I totally screw everything up, I will graduate with my BS in Computer Science.
Of the 19 hours, only 7 hours were CS classes. Even of the 2 CS [...]
Most people’s paychecks come out to some odd number, which they never really memorize. My paycheck comes out to a nice round number that is very easy to remember. Why do I care? Because it makes it blatantly obvious how much of my paycheck is going toward taxes.
Recently, I [...]
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